MS.44 Getting Your Message Understood (PowerPoint)
This LifeKnowledge middle school lesson (MS.44, “Getting Your Message Understood”) teaches students how to communicate so their audience truly understands their message. Students define “understanding,” identify four barriers to understanding (assumptions, jargon, acronyms, and incomplete information), and practice overcoming those barriers through editing and writing activities. The lesson includes teaching strategies, transparency masters, an activity sheet, and an assessment with answer key.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Define the term "understanding."
- Identify barriers to understanding.
- Practice overcoming barriers to understanding.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 100 minutes.
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- Overhead projector
- MS.44.TM.A
- MS.44.TM.B
- MS.44.Assess—one per student
- MS.44.AS.A—one per student
- Blank paper and enough markers or crayons for the class
- Unit
- Stage Two of Development—WE
- Problem Area
- How Do I Communicate My Thoughts and Ideas to Others.
- Precepts
- A5: Communicate effectively with others.
- Resources
- National FFA Organization's Essential Learnings, 2003.
- Key Terms
- Understanding, Assumptions, Jargon, Acronym, Incomplete information
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Presentation
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K12.12Applying Language Skills — Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes.